The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01
SMART MR.. eowseR.


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was fretting about tho delay on tho
part Of my drcssmaker when he suddcn-
ly turned on me with:
"Mrs. Bowser, it's all Internal nom
sense. When order suit of clothes
they are ready for me ut the date set,
and II there is any reason why a dress.
maker cant do business on business |
principles, want to know It,"
But can't help it," protested.
NO, you can't! You women arc
fools to be imposed upon as you are!
I'd like to see one of these drcssmakers
bamboozlo mo around the way they do
your'
..But you don't wear dresses"
''For which thank Heaven! There is
more nonsense about selecting dress
and having it made up than is seen in
an idiot asylum in year. tell you,
it's all bosh''
you might select my dress goods for
me-"
"Oh! might! Well, hang me If
don't! Yes, sir, I'll go down this very
afternoon and buy new dress, and I'll
follow the cloth until you have it on
your back! I'll show you, Mrs. Bow
ser, that business is business!"
He began operations after dinner.
Mr.. Bowser has an alarm clock which
goes off to the minute. He therefore
argues that everybody else ought to go
off with the same promptness and dis
patch. He jumped off the car and
rushed into Il dry goods store and said:
''Give me twelve yards of stuff for Il
tlress-quick!'
'.Calico or silkp" queried the clerk.
''Why. silk, of course. You may
give me two shades-six. yards in II
shade. I'll take green and blue"
''But no one can get II dress out of
twelve yards of silk, and as for the col
ors---"
"They can't, chr howled Bowser,
''my mother never had over ten yards
for dress, and twelve has got to make
one for my wife. The colors are all
right"
The clerk gave him what he asked
for, and Bowser rushed home and
flung the package in my lap with:
"Been gone just thirty-seven minutes
by the watch, while you would have
been fo0ling around three afternoons.
There's twelve full yards, and if you
have any pieces left you can line my
Overcoat Sleeves"
Twelve yards! Why, never get
less than twenty-three! Don't you see
how narrow silk lisp"
"Um! 1 thought it was sheeting-
width. Of course. That's another fraud
I'm going to look to-"
"And the shades-I can't wear 'cm
no one could"
"You can'tP Well. you will, all the
same! This talk about matching the
complexion with dress goods is the
twaddle OF idiots! If green and blue
won't hit you, then let her miss! It's
my taste, and think know what be-
loiigs to harmony. Well go down aft
,er supper and get some dressmaker to
begin work"
"But I.knOw what she'll say"
"Oh, you do! Well, you leave that
to me. I'm bossing this job, Mrs.
Bowser, and I'll learn you thing or
two before we get through"
After supper we drove down town to
Ia dressmakers AS we got out Of the
carriage Bowser charged me to keep
my mouth shut and let him do the talk
lug, and l cheerfully promised obedi-
encc. He carried the bundle under his
arm, and as we entered the shop he
he asked:
"Will you take contract to build
Mrs. Bowser dress and have it En-
ished ut certain date?"
''Let me see the goods" she replied
but no sooner had she opened the pack
age than sho asked:
as it some fancy skirt for the circus
ringp'
"Circus ring" he whooped, "what is
there about these goods to remind you
of n circus ringP"
1.-The colors."
"Mrs. Bowser," he said, as he turned
to me, 1--WE will go elsewhere. 1t is
evident that this person has come out
of some doOr-knob factory to take up
,lressmaking.
At the second place the dressmaker
smiled as she saw the colors, and re-
piled that she wouldn't think of begin
ming work without twenty-four yards
of silk ut hand.
Then you'll II never Begin" exclaimed
Bowser. '.It's high time the long-suf-
fering public kicked against this dress
making robbery. When buy twelve
wards of silk for dressmaker to steal
\ you can expect I'm going to die the next
week"
The third dress.naker seemed to UNI
derstand the situation at II glance. She
iOpened the silk, rolled it up again, and
calmly but firmly said:
II am very busy just now. You'd
better take it to some blacksmith
shop!
Then we went home for the night.
iBowser was mad and wouldn't speak to
me, and rs he slept he dreamed OF
dressmakers. and overheard saying:
"Colors! tell you it's all bosh! How
many horses and cows do we see OF
four or five colors!"
The next day we visited twelve other
dressmakers. Two of them called Mr..
Bowser an old fool, and four others
laughed in his face, while the other six
refused to have anything to do with the
dress. When VIC left the last place he
said:
'.Mrs. Bowser, I'm n man who can't
be bulldozed. Those dressmakers have
formed ring to steal cloth and keep
up prices. I'll beat them Mt their own
game. Wen wait until we go to New
York and then buy ready-made
dress"
When we got home he called the cook
into the sitting-room and gave her the
silk, and she thanked him kindly and
added:
1T comes in handy, Mr.. Bowser, for
my sister is tight.rope performer and